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Join Andrew Fuller as he chats with guest John Hendry OAM on understanding attachment as it relates to teenagers The cognitive and emotional effects of attachment Whether teenager life inevitably disrupts family attachments How we can re-secure less-attached teenagers Identity formation and attachment Listen now below: Host: Andrew Fuller, Clinical Psychologist and Family Therapist, [...]
Sanné Mestrom, University of Sydney Imagine this: a heap of colourful plastic buckets stacked on top of each other to form a climbable bridge, monolithic bluestone boulders holding up a contorted slide, a pile of concrete demolition debris moonlighting as a resting spot. At every point, children can be seen swinging their bodies from warped, [...]
Izzy Zhu-Maguire, Master of International Relations student, Monash University Young people are beginning to lose hope. We’re living in the climate crisis we thought we wouldn’t yet have to face. I have faith that many young people won’t stop fighting for climate action, but I have a fear that many others are beginning to feel [...]
Edward Jegasothy, University of Sydney and Sarah Hill, University of Sydney Australia is facing a cost-of-living crisis. Rising costs of rent, fuel, food and power have increased financial stress for many households. While financial pressures are now being felt by a broader section of society, for many Australians, such pressures are constant. The health costs [...]
Nicole Lee, Curtin University and Steven Bothwell, University of Newcastle The South Australian government is planning to roll out a new mass media campaign about the impact of using methamphetamine, including crystal methamphetamine or “ice” and powdered methamphetamine or “speed”. The campaign includes warning messages on pizza boxes – presumably because young people are the [...]
Jayashri Kulkarni, Professor, Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre Whether it’s debilitating periods or depression during menopause, women with mental health problems are told to grin and bear it as their crushing emotions are “simply nature taking its course”. But what we now know, and science has told us, is that many women of all ages are [...]
Gary Sacks, Deakin University and Davina Mann, Deakin University Australia is falling behind other countries in addressing the unhealthy state of our diets. Several other countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada and Mexico, have recently taken major steps to help improve population nutrition and prevent obesity. But our latest assessment, released as part of the [...]
Hannah Kennedy, University of Otago For many people, the term “eating disorder” will bring to mind its two most familiar forms – anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. What they may not realise, however, is that “binge eating disorder” is more common than the other two combined and can significantly reduce quality of life. More than [...]
Brittany Johnson, Flinders University; Alexandra Manson, Flinders University; Danielle Gallegos, Queensland University of Technology, and Rebecca Golley, Flinders University State Liberal leader Matthew Guy has promised a trial to provide free lunches in Victorian public schools if elected on November 26. The A$300 million election policy is aimed at helping families with cost-of-living pressures, through [...]
Linda J. Graham, Queensland University of Technology and Haley Tancredi, Queensland University of Technology Developmental language disorder or DLD is a lifelong disorder that affects language comprehension and expression. People with DLD find it more difficult to say what they mean and to understand others. About two students in every classroom of 30 will have [...]
